Can police camping ticket geographies facilitate homeless outreach? Identifying harms and people in homeless encampments

IF 2 Q2 GEOGRAPHY

GEOJOURNAL Pub Date : 2023-10-11 DOI:10.1007/s10708-023-10967-7

Daniel Reinhard, Mark C. Stafford

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Abstract

Abstract Unsheltered persons experiencing homelessness (PEH) encounter many kinds of harm, and it is often unclear what data sources can be leveraged to connect PEH to services. The present study contributes by first examining crime near encampments, and then determining the utility of police tickets to aid outreach to PEH who camp in public spaces. Using Boulder Colorado and Boulder Colorado Police Department data from November 2021 to October 2022, location quotients suggest that crime is approximately three times more concentrated near encampments identified by residents, and seven times more concentrated near encampments identified with police data. Police tickets for outdoor camping were concentrated among a small number of all ticketed persons. People ticketed most camped in the same area multiple times, and had camps established within a small number of geographically proximate locations. Results suggest outreach efforts to specific PEH could be enhanced with police camping ticket geographies, and this supports a coordinated response to homelessness.

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警察露营票的地理位置是否有助于向无家可归者伸出援手?确定无家可归者营地的危害和人员

无家可归者(PEH)遭遇多种伤害，通常不清楚可以利用哪些数据源将PEH与服务联系起来。本研究的贡献在于首先检查营地附近的犯罪，然后确定警察罚单的效用，以帮助在公共场所露营的PEH。利用博尔德科罗拉多州和博尔德科罗拉多州警察局从2021年11月到2022年10月的数据，位置商表明，居民确定的营地附近的犯罪集中程度大约是其三倍，而警方数据确定的营地附近的犯罪集中程度则是其七倍。户外露营的警察票集中在少数有票的人手中。大多数人在同一地区多次露营，并在少数地理位置较近的地方建立营地。结果表明，可以通过警察露营票地理位置加强对特定PEH的外展工作，这支持对无家可归者的协调响应。

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GEOJOURNAL GEOGRAPHY-

CiteScore

4.90

自引率

7.40%

发文量

228

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